US12004343B2ActiveUtilityA1

Method of manufacturing capacitor connecting line of memory

Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECH INCPriority: Nov 5, 2020Filed: Jan 20, 2022Granted: Jun 4, 2024
Est. expiryNov 5, 2040(~14.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Yang-Yuan Chen
H10B 12/482
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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory and a memory. The method of manufacturing includes: forming a bit line layer and a first dielectric layer on a substrate sequentially; patterning the bit line layer and the first dielectric layer, and forming bit line structures arranged at intervals along a first direction and dielectric structures on tops of the bit line structures; forming an insulating layer on the substrate with the bit line structures and the dielectric structures formed thereon, to completely cover the bit line structures and the dielectric structures; forming second isolation structures arranged at intervals between adjacent bit line structures; and forming conductive structures between first isolation structures and the second isolation structures, and forming storage node contact structures.

Claims

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The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory, comprising:
 forming a bit line layer and a first dielectric layer on a substrate sequentially; 
 patterning the bit line layer and the first dielectric layer, and forming bit line structures arranged at intervals along a first direction and dielectric structures on tops of the bit line structures, wherein a width of a top cross section of the dielectric structures is larger than a width of a cross section of the bit line structures; 
 forming an insulating layer on the substrate with the bit line structures and the dielectric structures formed thereon, to completely cover the bit line structures and the dielectric structures; 
 patterning the insulating layer with the dielectric structures as a mask in the first direction, forming first isolation structures on sidewalls of the bit line structures, and patterning the insulating layer in a second direction, to form second isolation structures arranged at intervals between adjacent bit line structures; and 
 forming conductive structures between the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures, and forming storage node contact structures. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 1 , after the forming an insulating layer on the substrate with the bit line structures and the dielectric structures formed thereon, the method further comprises:
 forming an oxide mask layer on the insulating layer; and 
 patterning the oxide mask layer, to form a same pattern as the dielectric structures in the insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer comprises a silicon nitride layer, an isolation layer and a silicon nitride insulating layer stacked sequentially. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 2 , after the forming an oxide mask layer on the insulating layer, the method further comprises:
 forming a carbon mask layer and a second dielectric layer sequentially on a surface of the insulating layer through a deposition process, and the second dielectric layer comprising a silicon nitride layer and/or a silicon oxynitride layer. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 3 , before the patterning the insulating layer with the dielectric structures as a mask in the first direction, forming first isolation structures on sidewalls of the bit line structures, and patterning the insulating layer in a second direction, to form second isolation structures arranged at intervals between adjacent bit line structures, the method comprises:
 forming a photolithography coating on the second dielectric layer, and the photolithography coating comprising a photolithography anti-reflective layer and a photoresist layer; 
 performing photolithography treatment on the photolithography coating, to obtain a photolithography material sacrificial layer patterned; 
 forming an oxide layer on the photolithography material sacrificial layer and the second dielectric layer through a deposition process; 
 etching the oxide layer through a dry etching process, to obtain the photolithography anti-reflective layer and a side wall of the photolithography anti-reflective layer; and 
 removing the photolithography anti-reflective layer through an oxide gas, to obtain oxide sidewalls on the bit line structures. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 4 , wherein the forming conductive structures between the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures, and forming storage node contact structures comprises:
 etching the second dielectric layer and the carbon mask layer with the oxide sidewalls as a mask and removing the oxide sidewalls, to obtain a patterned carbon mask layer; and 
 performing dry etching on the insulating layer with the patterned carbon mask layer and the dielectric structures as a mask, until the substrate is exposed, to form the first isolation structures in the first direction and the second isolation structures in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 5 , wherein the forming conductive structures between the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures, and forming storage node contact structures further comprises:
 removing the carbon mask layer through a dry etching process; and 
 removing the oxide mask layer through a dry etching process, and forming the conductive structures between the first isolation structures and the second isolation structures, to form the storage node contact structures. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 5 , wherein
 a film thickness of the insulating layer is 80 nm to 120 nm, and/or a film thickness of the carbon mask layer is 80 nm to 130 nm, and a film thickness of the second dielectric layer is 25 nm to 45 nm. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 2 , wherein
 an etching ratio of the oxide mask layer and the insulating layer by dry etching ranges from 1:7 to 1:15. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of manufacturing a capacitor connecting line of a memory according to  claim 8 ,
 when the oxide mask layer is removed through a dry etching process, an etching ratio of the oxide mask layer and the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 1:1.

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